I do think Tuvel's argument was "valid" for conclusion in Hypatia because it used careful reasoning in applying a parallel between two cases. This is a particular kind of approach that our discipline endorses. That such an approach can appear to me to be overly circumscribed and ahistorical --as well as dismissive of real life and power relations--doesn't mean that it doesn't produce interesting and even productive results in some cases. The way the problem was set up didn't seem to me to require a canvassing of research in the area since it was set up as a circumscribed approach designed to follow through a (perhaps overly intellectualized) problem in a narrow way. I would hope that the article would trigger other articles that would point out the limitations of such an approach and the way it failed in this instance. It's not a matter of saying "all viewpoints are equally valid"--it's a matter of pushing through the limitations of our own approaches by virtue of debate and critical reflection rather than policing. Tuvel's article was well-intentioned and well-done for what it was. To allow it to incite further debate on its drawbacks would, I think, be illuminating and helpful for moving philosophy as a discipline past some of its blockages in addressing crucial contemporary problems in an ethical way. Sincerely, Tamsin Lorraine On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dipping back into a conversation because it seems like a relevant > qualifier is being excluded: > > Tasmin & Kathy > > I feel like in defense of Hypatia there continue to be some serious flaws > in addressing the issue. By framing free speech as a void there is a > continuing tendency to argue that "all viewpoints are equally valid," while > Hypatia is opening itself to such viewpoints should Hypatia, Feminist > Philosophy and Philosophy at large revisit other arguments lacking in > scholarly merit? Should we look forward to article arguing for the positive > contributions of eugenics? The necessity of fascism? And further *why* is > there a blithe dismissal that so many people that objected to the original > article objected because *it could not muster a veneer of relevant > research* which is entwined with issues of review process. Nowhere in the > original letter is there a call for Tuvel to lose her job nor is there a > call for her to face academic sanctions nor is there an explicit claim that > no research should ever be done on a subject. The claim is that the voices, > arguments and research of stakeholders in an argument are actually > important, something we could simply call "poor scholarship." It is > troubling that academic freedom only seems to come up when the academic has > managed to attack socially vulnerable groups (certainly Ward Churchill did > not get the same defense when he actually lost his position, which was > directly a freedom of speech case) and which continues to act as though > Tuvel is *entitled* to a job; if her two papers I have read (the Hypatia > article and one on "animality" about women of color which both show a > marked disinterest in the scholarship of women of color which talking about > women of color) are a benchmark for her research, she doesn't deserve the > position given her antagonistic viewpoint of historically vulnerable > populations as objects for her to utilize for thought experiments rather > than subjects of knowing. Maybe my assessment is harsh? But it is > immaterial. > > Kathy trying to parse your second to last paragraph, am I wrong in > thinking you are claiming that treating trans individuals as fully > functional human beings (and as having a legitimate gender) is an > ideological point which (again as I am parsing it) you believe is invalid > and dogmatically enforced? Because you could come out and say it? Since the > whole "pro trans = pro gender" reads as though you are arguing that there > is something wrong with the position? > > Best, > Fiona Maeve Geist > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 30, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Tamsin E Lorraine <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > I was troubled by the original letter demanding retraction of Tuvel's > article both for its harshness toward a junior faculty member as well as > its harshness toward Hypatia reviewers. > > At the same time that I am sympathetic to those who were offended by > Tuvel's article, the kind of discomfort caused by feeling one's own > experience squelched seems to me endemic to debate--especially in our > relatively conservative discipline. Yes, this article marginalizes specific > forms of lived experience--never mind the work emerging from those lived > experiences--by virtue of turning it into a kind of intellectual puzzle > that carefully works through a circumscribed problem from one angle. But > even if this particular article might not have been my cup of tea, it > seemed to me that the article was in keeping with the standards of our > discipline. To exclude it from open debate where multiple viewpoints are > included seems to me to be counter-productive. What Hypatia needs to do, in > my opinion, is not exclude this kind of article, but make sure it includes > other voices, styles, and approaches as well. I worry about silencing > voices and I worry about policing voices that attempt to push our > discipline in positive directions even if that direction may not appear to > be "positive enough" according to our own sensibilities. > > Sincerely, > Tamsin Lorraine > > > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:15 AM, kathy miriam <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Hi John Flowers, >> you write, "Even if, as Dr. Tirrell notes above, this letter was meant >> to "scare and waste time and energy," and even if it is an elaborate hoax >> as Dr. Scheman suggests, some of us do not have the luxury of treating it >> as "exterior" to our future scholarship: I, as an example, have no choice >> but to treat this as a cautionary tale for what might happen to me *should >> I get scholarship wrong*, as a junior scholar." >> Are you referring to the original letter or the recent letter? I"m >> confused because while the women you refer to are talking about the recent >> letter it seems a complete reversal to call *that* letter a "cautionary >> tale" which hovers as a threat to juniors and minorities etc.rather than >> the first. Can you clarify? thanks. >> >> The remarks here insisting that the original letter signed by 800 >> academics are a critique of the institution and not an attack on an >> individual even though almost the entire focus of the letter is on an >> individual scholar who is a junior seem disingenuous to say the least. >> Everybody here knows how vulnerable Juniors are to quirks in tenure >> committees let alone to such a full scale public excoriation. Indeed the >> first letter is a pointed threat to juniors and other vulnerable academics >> including grad students about not "getting scholarship wrong" --although >> the reality is not about scholarship but ideology--not getting the ideology >> wrong. In this case pro-trans and what many of us call pro-*gender* >> ideology. >> >> I'm really surprised that nobody is addressing the chief issue of the >> recent letter which is to cry out against censorship. Again it seems >> disingenuous to call for more critical thinking rather than less (as Naomi >> does) when the original letter is a project calling for *retracting* an >> article rather than taking the usual tack of rebuttal. Why so drastic? >> >> I have more points to raise but I'll leave it here. >> >> Sincerely >> Kathy Miriam >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Abigail Klassen < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hi John and all, >>> As a recent PhD myself, I just found myself saying in my head, "Wow, >>> this man (John Flowers) has written what I wish I could have even begun to >>> articulate in the privacy of my own head, let alone in a mass email." At >>> least I managed to get that thought out "on paper" (i.e. as pixels on a >>> screen). >>> Thank you, John. >>> -Abigail >>> >>> Dr. a.r. (Abigail/Abi) Klassen - pronouns: ze/they/theirs >>> Faculty, Department of Philosophy and Honors College >>> University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Central Desert Complex 4, 424 >>> Lab Affiliate, Laboratory for Perceptual and Cognitive Systems, >>> Faculty of Computing >>> University of Latvia >>> [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> or >>> [log in to unmask] >>> www.abigailklassen.com >>> >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.abigailklassen.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=CThd0G_E86zibHo-0NXY0qisodZDPO2IQhA4eIvY8IQ&s=TB3LDbLqbSwoyrjEd8OEpKASGmVA7APRVf9VE2HH1To&e=> >>> >>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:52 AM, John Flowers <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> As one of the junior scholars on the list, I've been following this >>>> conversation with interest, specifically with regards to how senior >>>> scholars in the field take up their obligation to mentor and cultivate >>>> junior scholars. In my mind, this also includes the *defense* of those >>>> scholars from retaliation within and outside of the field. >>>> >>>> However, something about the direction of this conversation has >>>> troubled me, and I think this troubled sensation can be summed up in a >>>> quotation from Sara Ahmed's text *Living A Feminist Life* which I >>>> think is apropos of the situation: >>>> >>>> *"When we have to think strategically, we also have to accept our >>>> complicity: we forgo any illusions of purity; we give up the safety of >>>> exteriority. If we are not exterior to the problem under investigation, we >>>> too are the problem under investigation." * >>>> >>>> We are all implicated in the situation that has given rise to the >>>> letter above (which, as a black junior scholar, is a frightening reality), >>>> as well as the need for conversations about the editorial practices of >>>> Hypatia, and the response of our field to Tuvel's article, and we must all >>>> look at how we *allowed* this to happen within our own community. That >>>> is, we must all examine the ways we bear some collective responsibility for >>>> the situation, and then do the hard work to change it. >>>> >>>> Again, as Ahmed says, we need to give up the "safety of exteriority" if >>>> we're going to make any actual headway at eliminating the conditions that >>>> allowed for this situation to arise in the first place. We need to ask how >>>> we, as a community of scholars, created the conditions for this entire >>>> situation to arise, and that requires us to accept some responsibility for >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Even if, as Dr. Tirrell notes above, this letter was meant to "scare >>>> and waste time and energy," and even if it is an elaborate hoax as Dr. >>>> Scheman suggests, some of us do not have the luxury of treating it as >>>> "exterior" to our future scholarship: I, as an example, have no choice but >>>> to treat this as a cautionary tale for what might happen to me *should >>>> I get scholarship wrong*, as a junior scholar. >>>> >>>> That being said, while I agree with Dr. Springer on the need for >>>> individual conversations, we must not forget that statements from >>>> institutions (and I would treat Hypatia and FEAST itself as institutions) >>>> generally carry the weight of the individuals who make up those >>>> institutions. While individual conversations are necessary, statements from >>>> institutions, *supported by action*, are also necessary. >>>> >>>> An institutional commitment to resolving a this situation in a way that >>>> promotes the elimination of the kinds of conditions that have given rise to >>>> this situation is something that can be used to hold not only the >>>> institution accountable, but those individuals who claim to be part of the >>>> institution as well. However, as I said above, a institution must be >>>> willing to support said statement with action (which is something I also >>>> claim of individuals) if the statement is to be effective. >>>> >>>> I do want to conclude by stating that I am heartened by the number of >>>> responses to the letter that pointed out its attempts to target vulnerable >>>> junior scholars: many of my colleagues have expressed concern about >>>> weighing in on the situation out of fear that they, too, might become >>>> targets before they've managed to establish themselves within the field. >>>> >>>> John Flowers >>>> Ph.D Candidate, >>>> Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 11:35 PM, Reiheld, Alison <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, the work involved in tracking down the provosts and admins is a >>>>> remarkable investment. And, so far as I can tell, an accurate one. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That said, I look forward to a conversation with my Provost about how >>>>> my concerns over the Hypatia issues (as symptomatic of the profession, but >>>>> hoping for much better from our beloved flagship journal of feminist >>>>> philosophy) undermine the study of female materiality and women's issues in >>>>> the academy. I mean, speaking as the Director of Women's Studies, this >>>>> seems like a serious problem that the Provost and I should take up with >>>>> Prof. Reiheld. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Alison >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Alison Reiheld >>>>> Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy >>>>> Director, Women's Studies Program >>>>> College of Arts and Sciences >>>>> Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville >>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__siue.academia.edu_AlisonReiheld&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=WDzSzHqNFZXBIOMXmC-XmCV2V-k6qLp6N1yFu6XB8qk&s=78PWWUHVzlze8ZlFjXaYhw0I8sPw9F3YRy6Pgyb0ZBU&e= >>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__siue.academia.edu_AlisonReiheld&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=N7HjC8sTkL-P07ndX8XZxHvZsrhs0gucwhW-zudsYe0&s=dsSaeJmJxGJIBkg1kV2-QCY8fbtgS1CsT-XGCmm7-Lk&e=> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> *From:* Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> on behalf of Naomi Scheman <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, May 28, 2017 10:34:19 PM >>>>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>>>> *Subject:* Re: open letter >>>>> >>>>> The only signatories' names that looked at all familiar to me were Ted >>>>> Roosevelt and Adam Smith. But the letter specifically says they are not all >>>>> academics, let alone philosophers, so I don't know if it's a hoax or rather >>>>> a piece of nastily sophisticated trolling. And someone did a huge amount of >>>>> work tracking down the provosts at the universities of all the signers of >>>>> our open letter. >>>>> >>>>> Naomi Scheman >>>>> Professor Emerita, Philosophy and Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies >>>>> University of Minnesota >>>>> >>>>> On May 28, 2017, at 10:40 PM, Lynne Tirrell <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering if this is a hoax. Did others look at the signatures? >>>>> Do you know anyone? Only a few have institutional affiliations, and I don't >>>>> recognize a single name. I don't know everyone in philosophy, of course, >>>>> but NONE?? >>>>> >>>>> This is meant to scare and waste time and energy. I'm walking away. >>>>> But thank you to everyone who has posted useful analyses. >>>>> >>>>> (Also, my last note was marked a possible fraud on my own iPad, I'm >>>>> not sure why.sorry if you got that too. ) >>>>> >>>>> Lynne Tirrell >>>>> >>>>> On May 28, 2017, at 10:23 PM, Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Julianna - Are you sure you provost signed it? They set it up so that >>>>> the people they are sending it *to* look like the people who signed >>>>> it. I think your provost is on there because you signed the original letter >>>>> and they are trying to rat everyone out to their provosts, because they are >>>>> rancid pond scum. >>>>> >>>>> Rebecca >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Julinna Oxley <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks to Rebecca, Camisha, Serene, Ann, and others who I may have >>>>>> missed, for your thoughts. I am in complete agreement with the points you >>>>>> raise. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am writing with a “heads up” to anyone who signed the letter: take >>>>>> caution. My Provost has signed this letter, which means they did >>>>>> circulate the letter to upper administrators. I have a chair and a dean >>>>>> between me and the provost; the provost is the highest person that I would >>>>>> “directly report” to. I am not sure whether this letter was sent to my >>>>>> Dean. To be clear, I did not agree with everything in the original letter >>>>>> to Hypatia, but agreed with its spirit, and signed on in order to support >>>>>> the people whose work and lives I felt were erased in the Hypatia essay. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am shocked that: >>>>>> (a) this matter has been brought to the awareness of my EMPLOYER. The >>>>>> original letter which I signed was addressed to Hypatia, as it was an >>>>>> academic matter. It was not an employment matter. But now my participation >>>>>> in an academic debate has become a subject of my employment. Great. >>>>>> (b) the letter my employer received framing this debate is completely >>>>>> one-sided, and has the faults that others have identified. >>>>>> (c) the signatories of this counter-letter do not recognize the irony >>>>>> of their own actions with respect to harm, speech, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am grateful that I am tenured and have a good working relationship >>>>>> with my Provost (at least I did up until now, I hope he did not receive an >>>>>> email saying, “Julinna Oxley is a witch-hunter, you should step in >>>>>> here”!!). My provost is a Business professor by training and I reported to >>>>>> him when I directed our Women’s and Gender Studies program. During that >>>>>> time he was very supportive and open to learning more about gender and >>>>>> feminism, gave us more lines to grow the program—and in fact, we just hired >>>>>> a full-time director to replace me. I personally am not worried about my >>>>>> employment (though I wonder now what his impressions of me and this whole >>>>>> debacle are), but I am pretty irate that they did this, because it could be >>>>>> really harmful for other people who may have signed. >>>>>> >>>>>> I will not be writing or signing yet a third letter to circulate to >>>>>> the employers of the signatories of THIS LETTER – but the thought did cross >>>>>> my mind. >>>>>> >>>>>> In solidarity, >>>>>> Julinna >>>>>> * —— Julinna C. Oxley, Ph.D. *Associate Professor of Philosophy >>>>>> Coastal Carolina University >>>>>> Edwards Humanities and Fine Arts #280 >>>>>> 133 Chanticleer Drive West >>>>>> P.O. Box 261954 >>>>>> Conway SC 29528 >>>>>> (843) 349-6548 >>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__joxley-40coastal.edu&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=KfVDTAp8SMAq3DDX3VV7hy7cACxXi36mA2G_T8_c5hU&s=KNx8KSc1VQ-eR0cUaTjwsx_MIlc8XoG7SLECCMo201Y&e=> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>> on behalf of Serene Khader <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>> Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>> Date: Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 8:52 PM >>>>>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: open letter >>>>>> >>>>>> Speaking as an individual (and not as a representative of Hypatia), I >>>>>> want to agree with the concerns raised Ann, Naomi, Rebecca, and Camisha. >>>>>> >>>>>> I also want to draw attention to something that Rebecca already >>>>>> started to, but that may not be evident to many readers at first blush: the >>>>>> letter is TERFy. Point 3 is all about how "feelings about gender" are >>>>>> making it impossible to talk about sex. So, though the letter paints itself >>>>>> as a defense of academic freedom, I urge people to take note of what is >>>>>> being said in that section of the letter. As far as I can tell, the letter >>>>>> is trying to create outrage about the idea that trans people are silencing >>>>>> "females" and preventing feminist movements from advancing their interests. >>>>>> And I would hope that most people in the feminist philosophy community >>>>>> would find that proposition false and morally suspect--and that those of us >>>>>> who are cis would consider the interests and perspectives of our trans >>>>>> friends and colleagues as we formulate our individual reactions to the >>>>>> letter. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Lynne Tirrell <[log in to unmask] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree with Ann and think Naomi and Rebecca are right on. Thanks >>>>>>> especially, Naomi. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Lynne >>>>>>> Sent from my iPad, by dictation >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 28, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ann Garry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i'm coming to this only after seeing a number of responses. Let's >>>>>>> not give these people any more publicity. Ann >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The more I am processing this the angrier I am getting. So they are >>>>>>>> sending this stupid letter to the provosts and deans of untenured people, >>>>>>>> trans and other minority scholars, and grad students who signed - >>>>>>>> presumably to get them in trouble? To fuck up their lives? To what end? How >>>>>>>> does this even conceivably help the causes that they themselves claim to >>>>>>>> champion? What the hell? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And they are using THIS LIST to try to get feminist scholars to >>>>>>>> throw vulnerable people under the bus at their own institutions, quite >>>>>>>> possibly without even noticing that that's what they are doing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> With Naomi's clarification I am now about a thousand times more >>>>>>>> angry and disgusted than I was at the start. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rebecca >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I didn't understand the list either! Weird! Thanks, Naomi. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I agree with several others on this thread that (even though I >>>>>>>>> started it) a back and forth over email is unlikely to be a wonderful idea, >>>>>>>>> and things will only get more and more meta. The more I read this letter >>>>>>>>> the worse it gets, It's TERFy and ignorant and doing even Tuvel herself no >>>>>>>>> favors. I'm pretty furious it exists. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'll just once more renew my call for people to actually work on >>>>>>>>> these issues and on communicating and listening better. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rebecca >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Naomi Scheman <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Just a quick note lest anyone make the mistake I made: the list >>>>>>>>>> of names at the bottom of the open letter are the addressees, not the >>>>>>>>>> signers! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Naomi Scheman >>>>>>>>>> Professor Emerita, Philosophy and Gender, Women, & Sexuality >>>>>>>>>> Studies >>>>>>>>>> University of Minnesota >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On May 28, 2017, at 4:31 PM, NOELLE MCAFEE <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I agree 100 percent with Rebecca. Let's just stop tearing the >>>>>>>>>> feminist philosophy community apart. Enough with letters, petitions, >>>>>>>>>> defensiveness, and attacks. We need to think constructively about editorial >>>>>>>>>> practices going forward. Feminists ought to understand that if a group of >>>>>>>>>> colleagues are deeply offended by something then we all need to take notice >>>>>>>>>> and be honest and charitable and try to appreciate what is going on. This >>>>>>>>>> may call for a conference to sort it out. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On May 28, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So people are angry about an open letter that they felt attacked >>>>>>>>>> a junior person so they thought the best solution was yet another open >>>>>>>>>> letter attacking what was mostly junior people? This has to stop somewhere. >>>>>>>>>> And this affair has to be allowed to die already. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I didn't sign the first letter and I am not signing this one >>>>>>>>>> either. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> People need to stop trying to settle their academic and political >>>>>>>>>> disagreements via open letters designed to publicly shame by ganging up on >>>>>>>>>> other people. It's not even clear what action item this one is calling for. >>>>>>>>>> (The article is already being published, with only tiny word changes to >>>>>>>>>> bring it in line with current linguistic conventions that avoid slurs, and >>>>>>>>>> the other two items are too vague to be actionable.) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The issues in this area are super important, so let's actually >>>>>>>>>> work on them, rather than devoting our productive hours to >>>>>>>>>> metametametacritiques. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Rebecca >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Veltman, Andrea - veltmaal < >>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Julian Vigo ([log in to unmask]) asked me to forward the >>>>>>>>>>> following message to the FEAST listserv. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Andrea >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Dr. Andrea Veltman >>>>>>>>>>> Associate Professor of Philosophy >>>>>>>>>>> Department of Philosophy & Religion >>>>>>>>>>> James Madison University >>>>>>>>>>> MSC 8006 >>>>>>>>>>> Harrisonburg, VA 22807 >>>>>>>>>>> Office phone: 540-568-4236 <(540)%20568-4236> >>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> My latest book, *Meaningful Work*, is recently published by >>>>>>>>>>> Oxford University Press: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.com_academic_product_meaningful-2Dwork-2D9780&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=WDzSzHqNFZXBIOMXmC-XmCV2V-k6qLp6N1yFu6XB8qk&s=w7QIahI1J8_hwHwIOAdrt3CDrgaXI1t0nWfvWYjGv9Y&e= >>>>>>>>>>> 190618179?cc=us&lang=en& >>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.com_academic_product_meaningful-2Dwork-2D9780190618179-3Fcc-3Dus-26lang-3Den-26&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=LOV-2yxVfBhZ6rrELChk7V70HvBgW6zEshQ0UIKg7j4&s=HYce-eGOp33z007rPm2X5TNGaDb6rEQYz0bS3UosSqI&e=> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>> *From:* Julian Vigo <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 27, 2017 3:54 PM >>>>>>>>>>> *To:* Veltman, Andrea - veltmaal >>>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* open letter >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Dear Andrea, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I am writing to ask if you could sign & share this open letter >>>>>>>>>>> to protect academic freedom related to the Tuvel affair with consequences >>>>>>>>>>> far beyond: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ipetitions.com_petition_an-2Dopen-2Dletter-2Don-2Dthe-2Dhy&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=WDzSzHqNFZXBIOMXmC-XmCV2V-k6qLp6N1yFu6XB8qk&s=W75zuvpykEtoTxECzTDRPy-Wb9ICHB-0bmTFm9ybhlI&e= >>>>>>>>>>> patia-controversy >>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ipetitions.com_petition_an-2Dopen-2Dletter-2Don-2Dthe-2Dhypatia-2Dcontroversy&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=D9KtTmOQsn10dtN5dPMs0Q&m=5u-tJCbUBRI5uuQg2RcQWoYD8ONgKhBApUTxxS6d4u8&s=pD1LC8iUB_9BolWVjp5mQO6Efu7JLE3SBBQChsLBQFA&e=> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Your collaboration in signing and sharing this on social media, >>>>>>>>>>> with colleagues and the Listserv would be creating appreciated! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Warmly, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Julian Vigo >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚ 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